Epics

Question 1

What ingredients make up an Epic?

Answer 1

• A hero
• A quest
• Gods
• Obstruction
• Epic language- Homeric similes, for instance

Question 2

What is Epic?

Answer 2

Epic \Ep”ic\, a. [L. epicus, Gr. a word,
speech, tale, song; akin to L. vox voice

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or
designating a kind of narrative poem, usually
called an heroic poem, in which real or
fictitious events, usually the achievements
of some hero, are narrated in an elevated
style.